Shoe-lace tip



Patented June 1, 1920.

,zjyr 1 WITNESS;

UNITED STATES MYRA IBENWELL SICKLES 0F ALPINE, NEW JERSEY.

I I I SHOE-LACE TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd J 11113 1 1920,

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,224.

a' resident of Alpine-on-Hudson, in the' county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Impr'ovements in Shoe-Lace Tips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in tips for shoe-laces, the object being to provide a tip which will be securely attached to the end of the lace, and which will not become detached from th lace when in use.

The invention consists in the improvements to be more fully described hereinafter, and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of this specification, and wherein I Figure 1 is a plan view of one'form of blank from which the tip of my invention may be made.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank doubled upon itself, and when first applied to the end of the lace.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the lace reversed on itself previous to the tip being folded around the lace and clamped thereto.

Fig. 4 is a side View of the shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an end view looking from the left of Figs. 3 and 4:.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the completed tip, and

Fig. 7 is an end View of the completed tip shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 1 designates a blank of suitable thin, and readily foldable sheet metal of which the tip is made. This blank is preferably oblong in form, andis provided at one end with an opening in the form of a central open notch 2 of suitable form, having a rear wall 3, and adapted to receive the lace, as will be hereinafter set forth. The blank is preferably made substantially twice the length of the finished tip, and is adapted to be folded on a central transverse line, indicated at 4 in Fig. 1, to form two wings or plates-5, 6, arranged in substantially parallel planes, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The end 7 of the lace is inserted construction between'the wings or plates 5, 6 so as to extend longitudinally and centrally of sa d plates, as shown in Fig. 2, and said plates are clamped down upon the said end of the lace in order to se- FFICE.'

curely hold the same between said plates.

When in the position just described, and as shown 1n Fig. 2, the lace will extend in the dlrection shown in Fig. 2, and said lace is then reversed upon itself, as shown in Figs. 8 and 4, so that the lace is turned back over the edge of the plate 5 and extends through said recess 2, the fold in the lace extending over and engaging the inner wall 3 of said recess, the main portion of the lace lying on the outer side of the plate 5, and preferably in line with, or parallel to, that portion of the lace which is held between said plates. When the parts are in the position just described, it will be noted that the; side portions of the plates or wings 5, 6 extend laterally beyond the opposite sides of the lace. The said projecting side portions of the wings are then bent, or folded, or rolled about that portion 7 of the tip which is between the plates, and that portion 8 which lies over the top of the plate 5 into the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7, so that said projecting side portions of the plates 5, 6, securely engage and clamp the parts in the position just described, it is practically impossible to remove the tip from the lace, this being due to the fact that the lace is reversed upon itself, and is not only strongly clamped and held between the plates, but is looked over the inner edge 3 of the recess 2 in the plate 5.

In the form of the invention shown in the drawings, the tip is shown as being applied to a flat lace, but it will be understood that the invention may be, with equal facility, applied in the same manner to a round lace, in which event, the tip will more closely approximate a cylinder when the side wings are clamped about the end of the lace. I

It will be understood that in the drawings the invention is shown enlarged, both as to the lace and the tip, in order to more clearly illustrate the .construction thereof.

NVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

'1. A lace tip consisting of a sheet of material bent upon itself to provide two material bent upon, itself to provide two wings, one of which has an open recess in its free .end, a lace arranged between said wings and extending through said notch and reversed on itself lengthwise of said notched wing, the side portions of said wings being bent over said reversed portion of the lace and inclamping engagement therewith.

;S. A lace tip consisting of a sheet of material bent upon itself to provide two wings of substantially the same form and area, one of WhICh has an open recess in its free end, a lace arranged between said wings and extending through saidnoteh and reversed on itself lengthwise of said notched wing, the side portions of said wings being bent over said reversed por- 1 tion of the lace and in clamping engagement therewith.

A. A lace tip consisting of a substantially rectangular sheet of material bent on itself to provide two wings, one of which has an opening at its free end, a lace arranged between said wings and extending through said opening, and reversed on itself lengthwise of the wing provided with said opening, said wings being bent over said reversed portion of the lace'and in clamping engagement therewith.

5. A lace tip consisting of a substantially rectangular sheet of material bent on; a transverse line to provide two rectangular wings of substantially the same width, one of which wings has an open recess in its free end, a lace arranged between said wings at the longitudinal center of the tip, and extending through said recess and reversed on itself lengthwise of said recessed wing, and parallel to the portion of the lace between the wings, said wings being bent over said reversed portion of the lace and in clamping engagement therewith.

6. A lace having a tip consisting of a sheet of material doubled to provide two wings, one of which has an open recess in its free end, the lace being arranged between said wings and extending through said notch andreversed on itself lengthwise of said recessed wing, said wings being bent over said reversed portion of the lace and in' clamping engagement therewithI In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses. I V

MYRA BENWELL SIC'KLES.

Witnesses: V a

ETHEL Jor'INEs, O. G. HEYLMUN. 

